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civic hall site journal edition 30- 31- 32 - 33 June/July 2015 www.civichallsite.org cover image Civic Hall Doors graphics Cait Conley, Matthew Tibballs edit Michelle James, Ammon Beyerle
p1 ISSUE #30- June 26th Welcome to your weekly newsletter for all things happening at the Civic Hall Site. We have a busy month ahead preparing for many milestones, here is a run-down of some of them.
CORE TEAM UPDATE YOUR FEEDBACK If you have visited us lately in the Open Door Studio, you may have noticed that the feedback wall is looking a little empty. We haven’t thrown them all away - they are just in processing! Visit civichallsite.org/10_concepts_feedback if you’d like to read all the past feedback on our website. We are grouping and regrouping all of the green sheets into corresponding concepts, themes, uses and so on, in order to learn, undertand, extract and compile different aspects of your feedback.
COUNCIL REPORT In addition to our partnership group meetings (which include the Mayor, Deputy Major and two ordinary Councillors), project resource group meetings (which include a variety of Officers across Council) and engagement with our broader community, we have provided for three decisionmaking points during this concept design stage. The first is set for the next fortnight at Council chamber on 8 July. For this milestone the core team we will be providing a detailed report of the story so far from 300 to 10 concepts, what we achieved, the challenges to date and clear recommendations for the next phase. An important aspect of this for us is for this report to give the process the clarity and resources it needs to undertake the next stage in a way that will get us to 3 beautiful and feasible concepts in a timely way. As architects embarking on designs and eventually bringing on other consultants to do technical work – such as engineering and costing – this means finding a balance of starting to clarify constraints for the next phase, and suggesting open areas for further negotiation, ideas and development. It is a tricky balance. We are leaning on our 1200+ conversations in the studio, many repeat visits and over 150 meetings with Council officers, community organisations, and businesses for wisdom. The challenges have also been in preparing for this step – working to make sure everyone is on board, especially as the project has developed so far since the days of 2013-2014, incorporated so much information, learnt a lot and and been so difficult – and in getting ready for the next phase’s increased expectations and positivity around the project. We want to found the project so it moves smoothly into design development – the first implementation stage with confidence. It is looking like we will now have 5 developed masterplan concepts in September 2015, and 3 developed concept designs in February/March 2016 – with the option of starting some elements of construction this year 2015. Please speak to your Councillors, or members of partnership group (Save Civic Hall and Committee for Ballarat) to provide your views, critique and support of the process going forward.
p3 OVGA - FIRST DESIGN PEER REVIEW Slightly delayed from our May date, Ammon and Michelle will now be presenting to the Office of the Victorian Government Architect in mid July. The OVGA will give us feedback on the 10 Concepts from the perspective of design – architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design from the perspective of an expert peer review panel. We will have a verbal “crit” session and be given follow-up notes to consider in our design work and decision-making.
DESIGN ADAPTIVE REUSE This past week we have begun to further take on the question of adaptive reuse and are starting to design a bit of a process for our team and some key questions. Here are some early thoughts in addition to the 10 concepts so far. When considering adaptive reuse a detailed process must be undertaken to ensure an appropriate use is found, thereby lessening the risk of the building falling once more into disuse. The opportunity for adaptive reuse arises from partial obsolescence. This is often categorised into either physical, economic, functional, technological, social, legal, or political obsolescence. The process of identifying the best overall outcome for an adaptive reuse project must start with the analysing of each of these factors. In order to identify social significance the “Burra Charter� is the most widely adopted approach and could be seen to closely resemble what we have been conducting through the first phase of the Community Design Process at the Open Door Studio. As the process develops, we are starting to explore other obsolescence factors, such as through our economics and acoustics workshops. Through the exploration of each factor the understanding of the Civic Hall site’s opportunities and constraints will be further developed. Each of these constraints and opportunities can then be applied to possible future uses to explore in participatory design and technical design that which will fit best.
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EVENTS THE ART BUS This Saturday starting 2pm, our wonderful resident artists, Linda Franklin and Pauline O’Shannessy-Dowling, are hosting the first pit stop of the Ballarat Arts Alive Arts Bus in the Open Door Studio! The Civic Hall Site is the first stop of many in this tour of artists studios that aims to be a spring board for artists to network and learn from fellow artists. If you would like to join in the fun there is a small cost of $30 (or $20 for paid-up BAA members bring your card) or $10 for under 16 yr olds which includes bus, food, drinks, wine etc. Visit the BAA website at baa.mx/art-bus-trip/ for more details.
ECONOMICS WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK The next workshop on the Civic Hall Site agenda will be run in conjunction with both our architects and economists, Here Studio and SED Advisory respectively. SED Advisory will present a seminar outlining their approach so far on the comparitive commercial modelling in the 10 concepts, the next steps in developing economic modelling, cost-benefit analyses and arguments, and launch our approach for a pilot multicriteria analysis as part of the 5 concepts milestone. In this workshop we are proposing to consider a triple-bottom-line and broad spectrum of economic factors that will contribute to achieving, and the future running of, the whole Civic Hall Site. This will be followed with QandA and an interactive workshop where we will brainstorm what should be considered within the multicriteria analysis framework. The workshop will be held at Jacksons & Co next Thursday 2 July 2015 from 5-7pm. RSVP at civichallsite.org/upcoming_events – preferably by Monday 28 June 2015. Do hurry, limited seats are available.
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OTHER NEWS FUTURE DIRECT USERS OF THE CIVIC HALL SITE We have had a lot of community groups, artists and small businesses approach us at the Open Door Studio expressing interest in using some Civic Hall spaces, short and long term. This has varied from Wedding Expos to Archery and Rock Climbing. As we have been cataloging all of this feedback, we have noticed that a fair few of these visitors have a lot in common and if forces were joined could form a working group to develop their own brief for Civic Hall Site. We thought it’d be a great idea to get you all in touch with each other. If you or your group has an idea for how you could use the space, please send in a profile to us to add to our public database or come in to the studio.
ACOUSTICS WORKING GROUP We often hear in the Open Door Studio about concerns around the ‘acoustic issues’ that the Hall may have faced in the past. Some of the 10 concepts contemplate reopening the Hall as a music venue, and we’d like to investigate further on what can be done about this. There is also an important conversation to have about the level of quality we are expecting to achieve and what adaptations need to be made to the existing fabric. We would like to set a meeting in the next month, so if you have expertise or some contacts that can aid in this issue, please help us to form our Acoustics Working Group. Hope to see you soon at the Open Door Studio!
ISSUE #31- July 7th Welcome to your weekly newsletter for all things happening at the Civic Hall Site.
CORE TEAM UPDATE PHASE 1 REPORT GOES TO COUNCIL CHAMBER Tomorrow night, Wednesday 8 July, our report on Phase 1 of the Participatory Community Design Process goes to the City of Ballarat Council Chamber. This is our biggest milestone yet since starting the process back 25th November 2014, and therefore a big step in the history of the site. In this report we described what we did in Phase 1, what challenges we faced and what opportunities were presented to us; and, we outline what we will do in Phase 2. In the copy we submitted to Council – which also responded to the Partnership Group – we tried to be as clear, critical and explicit as possible – this project needs confidence, transparency and a chance to learn, and understand. Some headlines for this include: - it has been tough but it’s going well; - there is clear feedback that some elements of the site are emerging as givens; - the key message from Phase 1 is “let’s get on with it” - we require a budget for technical consultants, and more architectural design work at a closer scale; and - Phase 2 10to5 (Masterplan) will end in October 2015, and Phase 3 5to3 (Concept Design) in March 2015 If you would like to read a full copy of the report you may download it – and the attachment with the 10 concepts – from Council’s website: http://www.ballarat. vic.gov.au/ac/council-meetings-agendas/council-agenda-and-minutes-2015.aspx As what is important to our community’s democratic process, the project is now in your hands and our elected Councillor’s hands for a decision on IF, and HOW to move forward. Members of the public may speak at the meeting, and to do so must register beforehand.
p9 The Core Team wishes to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has been actively involved so far, and those of you that are patiently following our progress – including some 2000 visitors to the Open Door Studio.
OPEN DOOR STUDIO UPDATE We have learnt a lot throughout Phase 1, not only about the Civic Hall, the whole and its past, but about the way in which we should approach the process from here on. The past month we have been busy bees behind the scenes, as we have taken this Phase 1 knowledge in order to set the groundwork for the phases to come. The Open Door Studio is going to have a little bit of a shake up and many new faces are coming on the scene, as we reach out to experts in structural design, acoustics, cost planning, geotechnical engineering, libraries and learning, heritage and many more consultants to help us design the next 5 concepts. Amongst this we are still getting valuable feedback on the 10 concepts from visitors to the Open Door Studio, if you haven’t already, come in and say hi.
DESIGN CREATING COMPONENTS As explained at the Transition Exhibition, the next phase requires your feedback in order to pull the 10 concepts into components that will in turn be re-configured and refined into 5 new concepts. Below is an early beginning of some components from the feedback. If you see one that you have an interest in and would like to contribute to its research and design come in and have a chat to us about working groups.
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ADAPTIVE REUSE (PART 2 OF MANY) We are big believers in a waste-not want-not approach and, from what we have heard so far, so are most of you in Ballarat. So, as we discussed last newsletter, we have put our architect hats back on as we turn our thoughts to adaptive re-use and more specifically the methodology of designing for adaptive re-use. Adaptive re-use is the relationship between the intended use and physical constraints. In order to achieve the best outcome, both of these parts must be flexible and mould, or adapt, to each other. To make sure the re-use is efficient, neither can take precedent – this notion must be carried out throughout the whole process, methodology to design in an iterative relationship.
Continuing this fortnight, Cait and our volunteer architect-engineer from Italy/Brussels/Iran Zameneh (we will introduce you in the next newsletter) have been working a bit on the next level of detail with regard to architecture and adaptive re-use design.The following are some early ideas we are exploring.
RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OLD AND NEW New construction should critique the exiting buildings, and appreciate them but not diminish them. New design should respect the exiting context including existing Civic Hall and Library buildings – and neighbouring buildings. In order to achieve this aim, a comprehensive strategy for the whole site should take into consideration the original form and features of Civil Hall and Library (possibly demolishing unnecessary extensions) and integrate new building design with existing buildings in a way that highlights scale, form, and details in a complementary manner. MULTI-USE AND INSIDE/OUTSIDE SPACES Spaces can be used in more beneficial way if we plan them in advance. Community has variety of interest, desire and need for positively different spaces and uses. To make most of these different desires we can design spaces in flexible way. The existing buildings on the site allow for multiple-height spaces that can be accessed from both inside and outside (or both) depending on the need in a given moment (night, day, week, weekend, small, medium, large activity, public, private).
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OPEN PUBLIC SPACE The open public spaces should be considered and designed as much as the buildings. There are several criteria to consider such as distribution of uses, existing trees and greenery, universal accessibility, urban scale and multi-use open spaces strategies. Open spaces should not be just “left-overs� but considered as alive, active and lovely public realms. There are potentially 4 major public open spaces, including 3 which could be sheltered and secluded in, around and between old and new buildings. The setback from Mair St provides another major opportunity for an important Civic space.
EVENTS FREE FOOD A big welcome back to Mairin (!), our exceptional events planner who has hit the ground running by creating a “Food is Free� station at the Open Door Studio. We already have a little rhubarb, kale, silverbeet, rosemary, thyme, sage, bay leaves and some seeds. Feel free to give and take food, 24 hours a day on the Civic Hall steps. For more information regarding the Food is Free Initiative visit facebook.com/hashtag/foodisfree.
Hope to see you soon at the Open Door Studio!
ISSUE #32- July 16th
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CORE TEAM UPDATE OVGA NEWS Yesterday Ammon and Michelle braved the OVGA to present the 10 Concepts and the design process so far. The panel comprised of the current acting Government Architect Jill Garner, John Denton (Architect), Nigel Bertram (Architect) and David Dreadon (Landscape Architect). In attendance we also had Anthony Schinck and Cameron Duthie from Ballarat City Council who helped explain the project history and Council’s brief. We had a rigorous discussion about the importance of linking the site to the wider CBD, identifying common elements between concepts, and much more. We are expecting a detailed letter outlining their feedback in the next fortnight. There are a few confidentiality issues, and Cait couldn’t figure out how to turn her phone camera on silent, so here is a pretty photo of the view from the Treasury Building. If you would like to find out more about the OVGA visit ovga.vic.gov.au/who-we-are.
W We are in the process of collecting quotes for potential technical consultants following work on a detailed request for proposals. Through this process we are also developing detailed induction in order to clarify the scope of Phase 2 and Phase 3 to potential new team members.
EVENTS THE 3 LITTLE (BIG) THEMES Michelle and Mairin have been busy planning for the next three months and along the way noticed that good things come in threes. As described in the recent Report to Council, we have identified three main themes through feedback in Phase 1 as primary drivers of a vision for the whole site. Each month’s events will focus on one of these themes with August: Innovation/ Learning, September: Performing Arts/Community/Events, and October: Green / Public Space. We’ve drawn a draft diagram and have been discussing this with the Partnership Group, Project Resource Group and community members who have been regularly visiting the studio. This is still in draft format and will evolve.
p17 WORKING GROUPS In Phase 1 we kept banging on about Working Groups but now, with a budget and explicit inclusion in our Report to Council it’s actually going to happen! If you’re interested in leading a group that will get hands-on, undertaking research and design workshops – watch this space for more details about our Working Group Introductory Get Together that will occur in a fortnight or so. We are aiming for 6 August, 5-7pm.
ECONOMICS WORKSHOP Here Studio in conjunction with the Civic Hall Site economists SED Advisory, conducted an Economics Workshop on a Multi-Criteria Analysis framework for Civic Hall Site. We had 25 participants, plus presenters and interested onlookers attend and the event was reported in The Courier. One topic of discussion was the idea that the way we work is changing as more people work from home or collaboratively and therefore the architecture that accommodates it must also adapt to a new future of work. Having a number of real estate agents attend sparked further discussion about the current market in Ballarat, and thus the importance of timing regarding supply of new housing and commercial spaces, and the opportunities Ballarat can already offer. The projected growth of Ballarat into the future – such as is described in Ballarat 2040 – was also seen as a key driver for changes in the CBD starting with the Civic Hall Site. In the workshop we also played with a digital tool to generate quantitative data of attendee views – Polleverywhere. This enabled fast anonymous polling. Unfortunately, this tool also relied on honesty to produce a clear result, as we found out that (quite) a few cheeky attendees were making multiple submissions, spamming the results. SED Advisory outlined three approaches we are using to economics in the project. The first, financial modelling starting with a commercial analysis based on simple capital costs and operational costs; the second, a broad economic analysis, considering costs and benefits as broad impacts against a triple bottom line (environmental, social, economic); and third, a multicriteria analysis, that really looks at values. Our diagram shows why we are balancing these three approaches. More to come.
p19 DESIGN COMPONENTS We have put our design hats back on and are now thinking about the components again. Here is a new cut, that responds to the 10 Concepts and the feedback we have received so far and are helping us start to form a brief. - Main Hall / Performance / Events - Landscape - enclosed / open, plaza, raised - Tourist Information / Caravan - Apartments - Library - Office Tower / Vicroads / future of work - Public / Community Foyer / Atrium - Flexible space / Temporary Uses - Carparking - Shops / Retail / CafĂŠs
ENGINEER VISIT Exciting times at the Civic Hall Site as we had a building and site context walking tour with a highly experienced structural engineer. John joined us on a tour through the building and around the site and is looking to compile an analysis of the existing structure and prepare some insider information on some very innovative library projects he has worked on. More to come!
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IN OTHER NEWS LITERALLY Civic Hall Site has once again been thrust into the limelight over the past week – in particular with some positivity and hope, and the potentials many people are speaking about since Phase 1 and now the Report to Council. This is also some welcome exposure for the 10 Concepts. It is so exciting to see the process become a catalyst as others are inspired to implement schemes to get things off the ground as soon as possible. One article conducted a simple poll and it was interesting to note that when you add it all up, the vast majority are keen to see multiple uses on site and a just plain ‘get on with it!’ If you missed them we have added links below for you to read; http://www.thecourier.com.au/%E2%80%A6/320%E2%80%A6/reveal-the-innerlight/%E2%80%A6 http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/3202479/city-closes-in-on-civic-hall-final-verdict/ http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/3198379/a-new-face-for-derelict-civic-hall/?cs=62
Hope to see you soon at the Open Door Studio!
ISSUE #33-July 30th Welcome to your weekly newsletter for all things happening at the Civic Hall Site. 500:500 Tonight’s newsletter goes out to 506 people via email, and if you are on Facebook you will notice we are impeccibly close there too.. Can you help us get to 500:500 by tomorrow evening?
CORE TEAM UPDATE WELCOME PHILLIPA A big warm ‘Civic Hall Site’ welcome to our newest team member Phillipa! Phillipa Hall is a registered architect from the UK with experience in community consultation and adaptive reuse – a perfect team member for this project. Here Studio would really appreciate if you could help us make her feel very welcome.
NEXT COUNCIL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY Over the past few weeks since the last Council Report (8 July 2015) there has been a lot of talk about HOW we can get into implementation this time.(for public viewing at ballarat.vic.gov.au/ media) We are expressly aware that that the “Civic Hall” project has had about 4 major ‘go’s over the past decade and not yet been able to take the next step. This time progress is an imperative. Our next Council Report – aiming for August – will address just this very question. You may have heard quite a few conversations about “let’s get on with it”, “what are the knowns” or “what are the givens”, and that one way of broaching the elusive step into reality is to bite off some small chunks now. Our presentation to the Victorian State Government Architect also made this clear and that perhaps we already have a rough masterplan in the emerging concepts.
p23 As included in July 8 Report to Council Chamber and robust discussions in the Partnership Group, it would seem that there are now clear givens across the 10 concepts that take into account the many conversations and the feedback we have received over the past 3 months since the Transition Exhibition. It would seem that we are (possibly) ready to start making things reality. WHAT are these givens? - the Mair St and Doveton St setbacks; - removal or relocation of the skatepark; - reuse of the Foyer; - reuse of the Main Hall; - an expanded Ballarat Library; and - commercial development to support community uses on the site. At the moment we are drafting this report considering what the first steps look like that Council could consider moving on in terms of physical building works. It is clear that we need to show progress. Some of the things we are weighing up are: 1. Not to PRECLUDE future designs 2. COST - not to be wasteful 3. CONSULT - important to discuss with stakeholders 4. REPERCUSSIONS - think about what will be the result, where will something move, what will replace it etc If you have valuable throughts on this please do speak to members of the Partnership Group or come in to the Open Door Studio soon. And start readying for change.
EVENTS USER GROUPS > WORKING GROUPS LAUNCH Since the development of the first 10 concepts, the community consultation has started to reveal three distinct themes; Learning & Innovation, Performing Arts & Community, Green / Public Open Space. In this current phase we are keen to get a higher level of active engagement from the community. One way we hope to achieve this is by establishing User Groups > Working Groups - dedicated to the specific needs of these leading themes - to begin to devise how the whole Civic Hall Site will be programmed, managed and sustained into the future. This is your invitation to initiate the real future for the Civic Hall Site. To launch these User Groups > Working Groups, we are holding a public presentation to outline the current project structure and how the user groups > working groups will fit in. There will be a guest speaker experienced in the programming of a multi-functional cultural, civic space, to discuss the challenges of managing partnerships between established institutions, businesses and interest groups. The aim of the User Groups > Working Groups Launch is to begin to discover how our ideas will become reality. Tuesday 11 August, 5pm Light refreshments will be provided on the night and places are limited, so please fill out the RSVP form at civichallsite.org/upcoming_events to reserve your seat.
PECHAKUCHA: WHAT DO THE LIBRARIES OF THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE? August is about Learning & Innovation at the Civic Hall Site. Learning & Innovation is one of the key themes being revealed through the community consultation of the first 10 concepts. And so we are hosting a “Pecha Kucha Night” to help tease out the full potential for the Ballarat Library before it goes into design development. This is expected to be a big event that engages with the many active communities already at the Ballarat Library. Pecha Kucha Night was devised in Tokyo, Japan in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace. For more infoirmation visit pechakucha.org. Thursday 13th August, 6:30pm We have asked various presenters to come and talk all things Learning & Innovation. Come and see what the libraries of the future look like. Come and experience the potential of the Ballarat Library and the Civic Hall Site, RSVP at civichallsite.org/upcoming_events.
FOOD IS STILL FREE! One has to be quick sticks when it comes to free food. All of the yummy seeds, kale & red cabbage and homemade tomato relish & quince paste has been and gone. Thank you to those of you that have given us feedback over the past few weeks; the new and improved #FoodIsFree station @ the Civic Site hit the streets last week. For more information on the Food is Free Movement visit facebook.com/hashtag/foodisfree. However, today it is looking a little lean. Food does get snaffled quickly.
CIVIC HALL PLANTERS Our pop-up Civic Hall Site planter boxes are slowly growing with native plants and ... weeds. The Core Team has been trying to look after these planter boxes – gardening is therapeutic – yet we know this will only work if more people get involved. Just imagine many more plants and gardens in the future on the Civic Hall Site. We’d be ever so grateful if on your way past the Civic Hall Site you can pull out a weed or two.
MELBOURNE OPEN HOUSE Last weekend was Melbourne Open House (openhousemelbourne.org), a weekend-long annual discovery event that invites all people to explore outstanding houses, buildings, infrastructure and landscapes across Melbourne. It’s a special occasion for the public to look inside. There are many people that volunteer on the day including the architect-designers and everyday staff to explain the features and provide a guide. These illustrate our rich history, reflect how we live and work, and offer insights into the future of our cities. The line up this year included some libraries that prove as great precedents for the Civic Hall Site’s own Ballarat Library – such as the Library at The Dock in Docklands (a timber structure) and the East Melbourne Library (with small but beautiful frames of outdoor garden spaces). Some members of the Core Team had an outing including to Council House 2 – the City of Melbourne’s iconic CH2 building built in 2006 that was the first 6 star, Greenstar office building in Melbourne. Something for Ballarat to aspire to. If you’re interested you can still have a ponder online through the many buildings that were on offer.
DESIGN COMPONENTS We’ve started the work of concentrating 10 concepts down to 5. Over the next few months our expanded design and technical experts team will work –with you in the Open Door Studio and through various community workshops – to develop 5 new concepts using components from the 10 concepts. To do this we have started to relook at the key components one by one: What are their opportunities and constraints? What are some relevant architectural precedents? What are some of the key Council reports and other projects that relate to each component? What feedback have we received so far about each component? What more work must be done? Here is how the components work is shaping up so far. If you want a version you can actually read, come in and see us at the Open Door Studio. OK; this is a bit so we can gloat at how much work we’ve been doing...
LIBRARY COMPONENT Last week Michelle, Ammon and Mairin met with Jenny and Leslie from the Ballarat Library. Jenny showed us a great library project in the Netherlands and asked if the Ballarat library could please have a covered courtyard also! We also set up what will be a busy month of August focussing on the library and learning and innovation more generally.
So books don’t go walking out the door, libraries need controlled exits and few of them. This poses a problem when trying to activate a street front, and is something we will have to consider for the interface along Market Street. The diagram below shows how, in these cases, we can design transparent façades to activate streets and draw people into the library. Similarly, using active spaces as a façade requires activities. As pointed out by one of our Open Door Studio visitors recently, this challenge is currently the norm with the Ballarat Library’s front rooms on Doveton Street, which are often quite inactive.
DESIGN CHARETTES! This week we attempted to undertake two design charettes: one to attempt a full ground floor plan of the whole site, and another to draw designs from the inside first. Here is what we came up with. Both Cait and Phillipa proposed to cut through lower hall to allow for a public thoroughfare and transformation into a community atrium space.
MORE INTELLIGENCE We got a lot smarter this fortnight at the Civic Hall Site as we received more intelligence regarding the site conditions from previous studies and reports commissioned by Council. Although the site contamination report is (quite) scary, and the town planning machinations so far are ‘surprising’, we are glad that the next five concepts will benefit from this information and therefore be a lot more tangible. More to come!
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